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Cat Power, Halsey, Dispatch

Playlist: New Discoveries 10/19

October 19, 2021 Discover WERS, New Discoveries

Graphics by Ainsley Basic DISPATCH – “BREAK OUR FALL” Dispatch’s latest album’s title track, “Break Our Fall,” immediately opens with a blend of Chadwick Stokes…

Bartees Strange

Playlist: New Discoveries 10/12

October 12, 2021 Discover WERS, New Discoveries

Graphics by Ainsley Basic JAPANESE BREAKFAST – “PAPRIKA” Heading Japanese Breakfast’s third full-length album, Jubilee, “Paprika” possesses that classic ethereal and layered sound that’s always…

Wavves

Playlist: New Discoveries 10/5

October 5, 2021February 7, 2022 Discover WERS, New Discoveries

Graphics by Ainsley Basic WAVVES – “SINKING FEELING” It’s been three years since their last music release, their 2017 album You’re Welcome, but alas, Wavves…

Hatchie Snail Mail

Playlist: New Discoveries 9/28

September 28, 2021 Discover WERS, New Discoveries

Graphics by Ainsley Basic THE LUMINEERS – “BRIGHTSIDE” “Brightside,” the title track off of The Lumineers’ fourth album of the same name, is a seamless,…

New Discoveries Tall Heights MUNA Helado Negro

Playlist: New Discoveries 9/21

September 21, 2021 Discover WERS, New Discoveries

Graphics by Ainsley Basic TALL HEIGHTS – “HEAR IT AGAIN” If someone had to ask me what the music scene is like here in Boston,…

AHI, Big Thief, Parquet Courts

Playlist: New Discoveries 9/14

September 14, 2021 Discover WERS, New Discoveries

Graphics by Ainsley Basic   PARQUET COURTS – “WALKING AT A DOWNTOWN PACE” Brooklyn-based rock collective Parquet Courts deliver an upbeat and moody answer to…

My Morning Jacket

Playlist: New Discoveries 9/7

September 7, 2021 Discover WERS, New Discoveries

Graphics by Ainsley Basic JACK RABBIT – “SALEM” A serene guitar melody and calming vocals introduce Jack Rabbit’s newest single, “Salem.” Former Emerson students, they…

Syd, Future Islands, Adia Victoria, and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nightsweats

Playlist: New Discoveries 8/31

August 31, 2021February 7, 2022 Discover WERS, New Discoveries

Graphics by Ainsley Basic FUTURE ISLANDS – “PEACH” Starting off with their signature bassy-synth landscape, Future Islands slowly guides the listener into their new song…

Sufjan Stevens, Angelo De Augustine, Billy Idol, Dermot Kennedy, and Ben Harper, Ziggy Marley

Playlist: New Discoveries 8/24

August 24, 2021February 7, 2022 Discover WERS, New Discoveries

Graphics by Ainsley Basic BILLY IDOL – “BITTER TASTE” Long-time and well-known artist Billy Idol recently released his single “Bitter Taste,” his first release in…

New Discoveries: Torres

Playlist: New Discoveries 8/17

August 17, 2021 Discover WERS, New Discoveries

Graphics by Ainsley Basic AIMEE MANN – “SUICIDE IS MURDER” Aimee Mann sings from the heart on her latest song, “Suicide is Murder.” In a…

Tycho

Playlist: New Discoveries 8/10

August 10, 2021 Discover WERS, New Discoveries

KURT VILE – “RUN RUN RUN” A cover, in my opinion, is supposed to highlight the best parts of the original song while also giving…

New Discoveries Childish Gambino

Playlist: New Discoveries 8/3

August 4, 2021 Discover WERS, New Discoveries

Graphics by Ainsley Basic CHILDISH GAMBINO AND BRITTANY HOWARD – “STAY HIGH” Groovy, spacey, and soulful. Childish Gambino’s cover of Brittany Howard’s hit “Stay High”…

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